Goals and Milestones
We speak of life as if we know what it is, but do we? Is it merely the time between birth and death, the sum of our achievements, or is it something far greater? Science defines life as the difference between organic and inorganic matter. Culture calls it a biography, a span of years. Yet from a personal standpoint, life reveals itself as something more intimate: a tapestry of moments.
Looking back, life is not the calendar or the clock, it is the laughter that still echoes, the wounds that still ache, the love that still warms. Looking forward, it is the horizon of dreams not yet walked, the milestones we imagine: graduations, careers, homes, families, adventures, and spiritual quests. These matter, but they are markers, not the essence. They are points on the path, not the path itself.
Goals have value. They give us direction, help us rise each morning with purpose, and push us forward when we might otherwise drift. But goals are not life, they are steppingstones. Society tells us we must achieve to be worthy, that our ambition defines us, that to pause is to fail. Yet the soul does not measure worth in trophies or titles. It longs for growth, for love, for awakening.
So, if you set goals, do not set them to impress the world. Set them so vast that they demand your evolution. Choose goals that stretch you beyond the familiar, that pull you into the unknown, that require you to become more than you are today. Let them be stars on the horizon, perhaps unreachable, but radiant enough to transform you in the reaching.
Yes, you will stumble. You will fall. You will break at times. But do not carry your hardships as chains. Place them beneath your feet. Let your mistakes and trials become the stones on which you rise higher. For failure is not the end—it is the sculptor shaping you into who you are meant to become.
In the end, life is not the titles you held, the wealth you earned, or even the dreams you checked off a list. Life is the person you became along the way. Its true purpose is not to finish, but to awaken, to grow into your infinite potential and to live fully, here and now.
So, ask yourself: are you truly living, or just moving through time? The real question is not Did you succeed? but Did you grow? Did you love? Did you live awake?
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Author: Maurice Correa
Website: pathtoone.com
Blog for Articles: pathtooneblog.blogspot.com
Dear Maurice, how beautifully said! What a gentle reminder for us to use hardships, mistakes and failures as stepping stone rather than final destinations. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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